On January 12, 2024, there was an unexpected result in the table tennis WTT Star Tournament Doha, the national table tennis women's singles was a big upset, and the hope star Kuaiman lost 2-3 to the 60-year-old veteran Ni Xialian, which is unexpected, Kuaiman mixed doubles can win Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, and Ni Xialian can also lose in singles, and the overall performance is indeed up and down, which shows that young players still need to experience and their ability to read the game needs to be strengthened.
Kuo Man is an outstanding player of the new generation, praised by the outside world as a star of hope, focused on training by the coaching staff, it can be said that he has been giving opportunities, from the perspective of career results, Kuo Man still lives up to expectations, many times in three to achieve excellent results, mixed doubles partner Lin Shidong performed the best, often won the championship, this time it is to eliminate Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha will meet in the final.
The opponent is the Luxembourg veteran Ni Xialian, 60 years old is still active in the table tennis world, continues to compete with young players, and can achieve excellent results, which is indeed admirable, Ni Xialian's style of play is not advanced, likes to use a straight board to push and block, lack of horizontal fighting skills, but young players are not familiar with her situation, and it is easy to suffer from occasional fights, for example, Wang Yidi has lost to Ni Xialian before, which is still fresh in people's memory.
After the start of the game, in the first game, Ni Xialian's serve turned or not, and the rhythm of the long rubber was very strange, Kuo Man was not adaptable, and he was very uncomfortable, as long as he took the initiative to exert his strength, he was out of bounds, and there was also a problem with his mentality, and he was in a hurry to get started, and he made a mistake in a hurry, Ni Xialian took the lead 11-2, and the young player is inexperienced, and it is often difficult to adapt to the special style of play.
In the second game, after the advice of off-court guidance, Kuo Man finally found a means to deal with it, although Ni Xialian's playing style is special, but after all, he is a 60-year-old veteran, and his physical fitness and strength are much worse, Kuo Man is not to be outdone, and he blasted out 11-5 and color, in the third game, Ni Xialian changed her strategy, slowed down the pace and strengthened the connection of the first three boards, and the opponent could not keep up with Kuo Man, Ni Xialian pulled back a game with 11-7.
In the fourth game, Ni Xialian made a lot of unnecessary mistakes, and her mentality changed when she saw the hope of winning, but her concentration was not good, and her energy declined, and she was pulled away by the opponent.
It is worth mentioning that after Ni Xialian upset and eliminated Kuo Man to advance, Wang Yidi, the world champion of table tennis in the Warring States Period, Wang Yidi also suffered a big loss from Ni Xialian before, and now she is fighting again, she must not be careless, I hope she will make enough preparations to avoid accidents.